BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Playtime in the sandpit becomes a battle of imagination as two small boys pit their dumpster truck and tractor against one another. With flaps to lift, holes to look through, pull-out spreads and, of course, a friendly ending, this will fire the imagination of small boys aged four and upwards.
by Lilli L’Arronge (Bloomsbury; €7.10) begins quietly with a boy throwing his banana peel on to the pavement. When his big sister points out the chaos this can cause, the catastrophes increase page by page until the whole street is eventually filled with individual disasters. A fun read for Age six and upwards.